A federal judge has reinstated the Obama-era methane venting and flaring rule, after ruling that the Trump administration “engineered a process to ensure a preordained conclusion” to repeal the rule. The Bureau of Land Management’s 2016 regulation established methane leak detection and repair requirements for oil and gas production on federal lands, and in …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe was among those singled out by SLUDGE, an investigative journalism website for taking campaign money from oil and gas interests and urging the government to give financial relief to those firms. SLUDGE reported that as the economy collapsed in the pandemic, oil and gas companies that have donated over $10 …
Attorney General Mike Hunter and tribal leaders collaborating after the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision Thursday released an agreement in principle for proposed federal legislation that will clarify respective state and tribal jurisdiction in both criminal and civil matters. To read the agreement, click here. The agreement did not specifically point to the impact on energy regulations. But …
There’s a reason Oklahoma Treasurer Randy McDaniel is smiling this week. After 13 months of working at a remote location, he and his staff returned to their newly-renovated offices in the capitol. It was June of last year when the Office of the Treasurer left the Capitol Building for the first time since it …
Seems like everyone’s piling on the bandwagons in Oklahoma and Texas in an effort to convince Elon Musk to locate his new Tesla truck plant either in Tulsa or Austin. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt recently hosted a reception in Tulsa for Musk and this week the county commissioners in Austin okayed millions in tax breaks …
Austin, Texas just upped the ante in the bidding competition with Tulsa, Oklahoma to determine who might get a new $1 billion Tesla truck plant. Both cities are reported to be the two finalists for the plant and Tesla founder Elon Musk visited Tulsa in recent weeks where Gov. Kevin Stitt and city leaders …
Houston’s Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP has continued exploration of a sweet spot for crude production in Kingfisher County, reporting completions on four wells, two of which are sister wells with combined production of nearly 1,600 barrels of oil a day. The completions of the four wells were in an area about 5 to 7 …
A new report contends global emissions of methane have reached the highest levels on record and researchers say the main sources are—belching or farting cattle and fossil fuels. It’s not just a claim from congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez but from researchers. Methane is considered a potent greenhouse gas and was the subject of a research …
The announced layoffs and furloughs of nearly 1,400 workers at the American Airlines maintenance operations in Tulsa were part of the airlines notice that as many as 25,000 front-line workers might be laid off. Blame it on the coronavirus crisis which has resulted in a dramatic plunge in the number of flyers on American …
Completion reports filed on July 15, 2020. CANADIAN COUNTY Triumph Energy Partners Llc Mississippi Solid: Oil 203.37 Gas 2487 Water 863 Flow 7 14N 9W Snyder 10-18 1409mh, September 19, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 16325 ft Lat: 35.69687, Long: -98.19226 API: 35017253290000 CUSTER COUNTY Mewbourne Oil Company Cherokee(12650): Oil 22 Gas 1657 Water 946 Flow 7 12N 18W Vernette 7 Ob 1h, October 17, 2019 HH, …
